“In the haunted house of life, art is the only stair that doesn't creak.”
Tom Robbins Skinny Legs and All
Skinny Legs and All (1990)
“Nature is a haunted house--but Art--is a house that tries to be haunted.”
Variant: Art is a house that tries to be haunted.
Source: The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
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